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Shizuoka City [Shizuoka prefecture Japan]

静岡市

image by Kazutaka Nishiura 25 October 2009

City Flag
Previous Flag
Kanbara
Shimizu
Yui

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City Flag

Shizuoka city adopted its emblem on 29 May 2003 by Notice No. 120; adoption date of flag: 29 May 2003 by Notice No 121 (links in Japanese)
Flag proportion: 2:3
colour of field: blue
color of emblem: white; emblem height : 7/11 flag height.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 1 January 2006

The city flag was adopted on May 29th 2003 by the Municipal Notice No 121. The blue flag is charged with the white city emblem in the center. The flag proportions are 2:3.The blue stands for cleanliness,transparency, internationality and freedom such as sky and sea beyond eye distance. The city emblem is a stylized S of Shizuoka which represents the image of the rich city where a city function harmonized with nature. Mt.Fuji and waves of Suruga Bay symbolize a new city that makes a rapid progress and a civic rich living to spread out based upon energetic future, communication and solidarity.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 25 October 2009

Previous Flag

image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 April 2014

The old flag of the city of Shizuoka was blue with mark.
Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20021113154208/http://www.city.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp/reiki_int/honbun/ag3020012041404011.html (just text)
Tomislav Šipek, 18 April 2014

Kanbara Town / 蒲原町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 April 2014

The flag of the former town of Kanbara was white with mark. The town is now, from 2006, part of the city of Shizuoka.
Source: http://ameblo.jp/unagi-yoshikawa/entry-10010633039.html
Tomislav Šipek, 17 April 2014

Shimizu City / 清水市

image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 April 2014

The flag of the former city Shimizu was white with mark. The city is now, from 2003, part of the city of Shizuoka as ward of Shimizu. I don't now present status of flag as ward.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Shimizu_City,_Shizuoka.png (just wikipedia)
Tomislav Šipek, 18 April 2014

Yui Town / 由比町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 April 2014

The flag of the former town of Yui was white with mark. The town is now, from 2008, part of the city of Shizuoka, ward of Shimizu.
Sources: http://www.internationalsportschanbara.net/jp/honbu/interview/21.html
http://www.internationalsportschanbara.net/jp/honbu/cgi-bin/result.cgi?date=20070520&nth=1
Tomislav Šipek, 18 April 2014